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啪

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(onom.) bang; pop; pow

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Strokes
11
Radical
口 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
啪
Common rank
#3,053
Unicode
U+556A

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Formation & memory

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How 啪 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 拍 sound ( pāi )

Components 口 拍

How to remember it

clapping sound · Heisig RSH #1830

口 mouth + 拍 racquet

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 啪

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
劈里啪啦 pī li pā lā variant of 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]
批哩啪啦 pī li pā lā variant of 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]
劈哩啪啦 pī li pā lā variant of 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]
噼里啪啦 pī li pā lā (onom.) crackling of firecrackers; pitter-patter of rain; burst of applause
劈啪 pī pā (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
霹雳啪啦 pī lì pā lā see 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]
啪啪啪 pā pā pā (slang) to have sex; jig-a-jig
啪哒 pā dā (onom.) sound of object falling into water; plop
啪嚓 pā chā (onom.) (sound of sth smashing as it hits the ground); (onom.) (sound made by a camera shu…
哔哔啪啪 bì bì pā pā (onom.) flopping sound
噼啪 pī pā variant of 劈啪[pi1 pa1]